(3307) Athabasca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Where Athabasca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Athabasca is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3307 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.63 km (#13,634 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.444 |
| Rotation period | 4.90 hours |
| Spectral type | V |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0956 |
| Inclination | 6.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 February 1981
- (2780) Monnig
- (2958) Arpetito
- (3287) Olmstead
- (3602) Lazzaro
- (3805) Goldreich
- (4052) Crovisier
- (4192) Breysacher
- (4473) Sears
- (4523) MIT
- (4989) Joegoldstein
- (5046) Carletonmoore
- (5308) Hutchison
More named asteroids discovered by S. J. Bus
- (2285) Ron Helin
- (2780) Monnig
- (2791) Paradise
- (2884) Reddish
- (2919) Dali
- (2980) Cameron
- (2981) Chagall
- (2990) Trimberger
- (3000) Leonardo
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
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